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4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-23 10:30:12

4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based." "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail," Preston Byrne of law firm Byrne & Storm said. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications re

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4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 09:02:21

Some American politicians - particularly the Trump administration, its allies and officials - have pushed back against what they regard as overreach in the regulation of US tech firms by the UK and EU. A perceived impact of the Online Safety Act on free speech has been a particular concern, but other laws have also been the source of disagreement. On 19 August, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the UK had withdrawn its controversial demand for a "backdoor" in an Apple dat

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4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-31 14:45:55

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC 15 minutes ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior technology reporter Share Save Getty Images A lawyer representing the online message board 4chan says it won't pay a proposed fine by the UK's media regulator as it enforces the Online Safety Act. According to Preston Byrne, managing partner of law firm Byrne & Storm, Ofcom has provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine "with daily penalties thereafter" for as long as the s

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Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-13 10:12:49

Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks 2 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, over whether they are complying with its new age check requirements. The regulator said on Friday more than 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult content would start using "highly effective" tools to verify or estimate whether users were over or under the age of 18. But Ofcom says s

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Around 6,000 websites to start checking ages in UK, Ofcom says

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-24 06:30:21

Around 6,000 websites to start checking ages in UK, Ofcom says 31 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Andrew Rogers BBC News Share Save Getty Images Around 6,000 sites allowing porn in the UK will start checking if users are over 18 from Friday, according to the media regulator Ofcom. Dame Melanie Dawes, its chief executive, told the BBC "we are starting to see not just words but action from the technology industry" to improve child safety online. She told BBC Radio Four's Today programme th

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More rules being considered to keep children safe online

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-17 20:23:11

More rules being considered to keep children safe online 38 minutes ago Share Save Paul Seddon Political reporter Share Save Watch: New Ofcom rules "foundation" for safer internet but "not end of the conversation" says Heidi Alexander The government is considering further action to keep children safe online and will not "sit back and wait" on the issue, a cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC new age-verification rules beginning later this month would hav

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Tech firms face demands to stop illegal content going viral

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-13 15:21:49

Tech firms face demands to stop illegal content going viral Oliver Griffiths, online safety group director at Ofcom, said its proposed measures seek to build on existing UK online safety rules but keep up with "constantly evolving" risks. These could also include making some larger platforms assess whether they need to proactively detect terrorist material under further online safety measures. The UK regulator published a consultation on Monday seeking views on further protections to keep cit

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4chan and porn site investigated by Ofcom over online safety

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-15 13:01:31

4chan and porn site investigated by Ofcom over online safety 2 days ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images The online message board 4chan is being investigated by the UK communications regulator over failure to comply with recently introduced online safety rules. Ofcom says it has received complaints over potential illegal content on the website, which has not responded to its requests for information. Under the Online Safety Act, online services must as

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